Drip, drip, drip. A collection of real-time takes on today’s extraordinary and historic testimony by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired by Donald Trump after getting a little too close to whatever is going on in the Trump White House with Michael Flynn, the Russians, the Trump Organization, and who knows what else. Aliens. Probably aliens..
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Asked by @SenBlumenthal if investigation could target people at the "highest levels of government", Yates says "potentially"
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
This is what mansplaining looks like. https://t.co/KRmIPh7sSU #sallyyates pic.twitter.com/4vgQFY0Rhg
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 8, 2017
SCOOP: White House plans to effectively kill Office of National Drug Control Policy, currently the lead agency fighting the opioids crisis.
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) May 5, 2017
Today made McGahn's "extraordinary lapses" in vetting Flynn, as @jacklgoldsmith wrote, even more extraordinary https://t.co/GaCBg6Gb4q
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 8, 2017
Screenshot for posterity: Donald Trump's original (now deleted) call for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the USA. https://t.co/Xkg3IMdTvz
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 8, 2017
All women know this face. It's the one we make when dealing with some BULL-shit. https://t.co/WXxcz28PxJ
— Malia Griggs (@maliagriggs) May 8, 2017
GOP junior senator to Sally Yates: "I don't mean any disrespect…" This is mansplaining in a single, wordless GIF: https://t.co/J3bvga07Ic
— Malia Griggs (@maliagriggs) May 8, 2017
Trump is TOTALLY feeling the heat. pic.twitter.com/KCFUqSktNU
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 8, 2017
Sally Yates handles condescending men so well you'd almost think she'd been doing it her whole life.
— Liana Maeby (@lianamaeby) May 8, 2017
This isn't even close to being true. Here's why. https://t.co/89l3KsLysH https://t.co/NMXeZRXMOJ
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 8, 2017
Yates contradicted WH spox on warning she delivered re Flynn & Clapper contradicted you & WH spox on clearance for senior NatSec officials https://t.co/WqnWKPZSuY
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
That is quite a headline on any day. pic.twitter.com/1hMybXi5An
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
More headlines: Trump-Russia business ties still under probe; Russia hacked Dems & GOP but only leaked on Dems; FBI interviewed Flynn in WH https://t.co/XqoPsGohcb
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
More relevant: WH did not fire Flynn until WaPo broke the story weeks later. https://t.co/8UtTmMrd8e
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) May 8, 2017
"We're not just a law firm. We're the Department of Justice." Zing @CNNPolitics https://t.co/BwAgTg4iZx
— Laura Jarrett (@LauraAJarrett) May 8, 2017
Asked if Trump-Russia business ties raised concern, fmr DNI Clapper gives this intriguing answer: pic.twitter.com/no2wcBRBcf
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
Yates says she does not believe there is any argument that original #travelban not intended to target a particular religion
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 8, 2017
Most striking about testimony: Yates' conclusion Flynn's "underlying conduct" was problematic. Not just his lie but what he was lying about. https://t.co/M9ojwUkdcE
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 8, 2017
James Clapper said the opposite of this today: "To me, the transcendent issue here is Russian interference in our elections." https://t.co/GozDFpqBYP
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 8, 2017
Sally Yates said that she warned the W.H. that Flynn could be compromised.
Then it took 18 days to fire him.
That seems like new news. https://t.co/5YwBXouj0n
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 8, 2017
Jeffrey Toobin: If it weren’t for the leaks, Michael Flynn would probably still be national security adviser today and that’s chilling pic.twitter.com/CKGCHuAfcw
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) May 8, 2017
For those who think this point, of itself, isn't a huge scandal, can you please help me to understand why? On what logic is this defensible? https://t.co/4FRLYHtrZW
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) May 8, 2017